Tom Hill in Bristol

We are delighted to announce that Tom Hill joins us as Regional Director of our Bristol Office from Atkins.

Tom joins Silcock Dawson having spent over 15 years in the industry with various companies.

He is a chartered engineer and brings with him a wealth of experience in the industry working across various sectors including education, residential, retail, commercial and industrial within both public and private sectors on projects valuing between £250,000 and £150 million in both the UK and overseas.

Tom will lead the Bristol office and look to grow their presence in the South West, he will also be part of the company's Senior Management Team.

He is a great acquisition for Silcock Dawson and signals our intent to grow and develop the Bristol office and South West region.

Educated Design Newsletter

It’s the start of a new year and significant changes are happening within the education sector.

After a long period of consultation, we are reliably informed that BB101’s new guidelines for air quality in classrooms will be released this year; the ESFA framework is now in place with a new Output Specification, and Government will continue its roll out of improvements to school environments through the £4.5bn budget.

In this issue, our feature story outlines the impact of BB101 amendments on school environments, the proposed changes, and how by clever design, Three Rivers Academy is already exceeding targets - positioning the design and construction team as leaders in innovative school design.

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BIM for City North, London

Many of our public sector projects are now being designed to BIM Level 2, these design tools are now being extended in to our private sector work. Silcock Dawson are involved in several high profile residential lead developments for Telford Homes. The latest development at City North in London is being designed using BIM.

This stunning development will provide 308 one to four bedroom private apartments, from studios to penthouses, plus resident-only curated spaces. It will also include two striking 21-storey towers with 120,00 sq ft of premium commercial space, a multi-screen cinema, a state of the art fitness centre plus shops, gourmet restaurants, cafes and bars.

Silcock Dawson are designing the MEP services to the development in 3D using AutoCad Revit MEP.

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New Development in Classroom Ventilation

Silcock Dawson, in collaboration with Gilbert Engineering, have developed a new combined ventilation and heating unit for use in classrooms to meet the revised BB101 standards required by the EFA.

The first installation of the new units will be at the currently under construction primary school, Selwyn Park, North London which is being built by Galliford Try.

For further information download this PDF document:Classroom MVHR(PDF 2,486 KB)